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Electrochemical nitrate reduction for ammonia production: amorphous or crystalline oxidized copper catalyst?

Quanxiao Peng, Dandan Xing, Liuqi Dong, Yuhan Fu, Jixue Lu, Xiaoyu Wang, Changhong Wang, Chunxian Guo

2024Journal of Materials Chemistry A16 citationsDOI

Abstract

An amorphous oxidized copper (a-O–Cu) is designed to investigate for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia. It is found that a-O–Cu has high capability for water dissociation and amorphous structure-enabled high catalytic activity.

Topics & Concepts

AmmoniaNitrateElectrochemistryAmmonia productionAmorphous solidInorganic chemistryPollutantCrystal (programming language)ChemistryReduction (mathematics)Materials scienceEnvironmental chemistryElectrodeOrganic chemistryComputer sciencePhysical chemistryProgramming languageMathematicsGeometryAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction